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- verb Present participle of
torrefy .
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He was the first, I believe, to distil wood for the production of pyroligneous acid; and he purified it by "torrefying" the acetate of lime formed by its neutralization, and distilling with oil of vitriol.
hernesheir commented on the word torrefying
That hot oven is absolutely torrefying.
January 9, 2012